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Executive Order 12280

Direction to transfer Iranian Government financial assets held by non-banking institutions

Signed by James Earl Carter Jr. on Jan 19, 1981.

No later disposition on file
Signed recordJan 19, 1981

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Publication record46 FR 7921

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Later dispositionNo later disposition on file

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Vote Files, "Executive Order 12280: Direction to transfer Iranian Government financial assets held by non-banking institutions," last checked Sept. 26, 2026, citing National Archives, https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-12280

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Vote Files. (2026, September 26). Executive Order 12280: Direction to transfer Iranian Government financial assets held by non-banking institutions [Executive order record]. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-12280

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Vote Files. "Executive Order 12280: Direction to transfer Iranian Government financial assets held by non-banking institutions." Last modified September 26, 2026. Accessed September 26, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-12280.

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  author       = {{Vote Files}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 12280: Direction to transfer Iranian Government financial assets held by non-banking institutions}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-12280}},
  note         = {Citation ID eo-12280; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1981-carter.html; last checked 2026-09-26; accessed 2026-09-26}
}
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Ratified by EO 12294, February 24, 1981
See EO 12160, November 14, 1979; EO 12211, April 17, 1980

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